Trowel.



JAMES D. BAUGI-I, OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA.

TnowEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1912. Serial No. 693,056.

PatentedAug. 2'7, 1912.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMns D. BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Bernardino, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trowels,-of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in trowels and is particularly designed for use by cement finishers and brick layers.

The present invention is designed to provide a trowel. particularly constructed for use in connection with front brick laying, whereby beads of various sizes may be formed in the cement or mortar between the bricks, or a groove may be made in the (re ment or mortar.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed, wherein Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the trowel constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the middle along the line 3-8 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line 55 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the present invention, a trowel blade of any suitable construction is provided having an integral handle thereon, said trowel blade and handle being of a continuous piece of metal. The handle is inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the rear edge of the blade, after which it is inclined at a slightly different angle nearer to the horizontal, then bent downwardly in a substantially vertical direction, and then bent in a straight line toward the blade but with its outer portion slightly below the plane of the lower surface of the blade.

The upper portion of the handle is pro vided in its outer surface with a groove and the substantially vertical portion with another groove wider than the first mentioned groove, while the end portion of the handle is formed with a convex surface, said grooves being adapted to be used to form beads of different widths on different classes of brick and stone-work of a high character, while the convex portion on the end of the blade is used for pressing the mortar between the bricks in rough brick work.

Referringto the drawings, in which similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, indicates the trowel blade having a handle 11 formed thereon, said handle 11 and the trowel blade 10 being formed of a continuous piece of metal. The handle 11 is inclined upwardly and rear wardly from the rear edge of the blade as shown at 12, and then inclined at an angle slightly nearer the horizontal plane than the portion 12, as shown at 13, then bent at substantially right angles to form an approximately vertical portion 14, and then bent as shown at toward the blade, the outer surface of the part 15 being on a plane that does not intersect the bottom portion of the blade. I

The portion 13 of the handle is provided with a groove 16 in its outer surface, the part 14 with a groove 17 in its outer surface that is wider than the groove 16, said grooves being used to form beads on a cement filling between fancy stonework and pressed brick work. The end of the handle 15 has its outer surface formed convex as shown at 18 and this portion of the handle is used in pressing the mortar between the bricks and stone in rough brick and stonework.

In the use of my improved tool, the trowel blade is used for what is commonly known as pointing up between the laid bricks and stone and after placing mortar between the bricks with the blade, the plastic cement or mortar is then formed with the outer portions of the handle, and in stone or brick work, the grooves 16 and 17 being used to form the plastic material with a bead by drawing the outer surface of the handle having either the groove 16 or 17 as may be selected by the workmen along the materialbetween the laid stones or brick, or in rough brickwork, the convex portion 18 is used to press the mortar between the bricks. It will be also understood that by constructing the handle as shown in the drawings with the end of the portion 15 spaced from the blade and the contiguous handle the trowel is adapted to be hung on the belt or waist bandvof the stone mason when not in use so that the tool is always ready for use when needed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent is a A tool of the character described comprising a blade, an integral handle thereon extending from one edge of said blade, said handle having the portion adjacent to the blade inclined upwardly and rearwardly therefrom, an 1 integral portion extending from said upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion at an angle thereto and have ing its outer surface provided with a groove,

a substantially vertical portion extending LOUIS WOLFE;

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' Washington, D. G. 

